Mangalore-Udupi Education: Schools/Colleges/Universities

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NMAM Institute of Technology plans centre to make youths employable

MANGALORE: Acknowledging that several educated youths fail to get jobs as they lack soft and vocational skills, the NMAM Institute of Technology (NMAMIT) of Nitte Education Trust in association with the state government is planning to open an exclusive centre to train them. The centre will give free add-on and certificate courses for engineering, ITI, diploma and other graduates.

NMAMIT, which has been offering vocational training for the past four years for about 40 students, will now be able to provide the same for over 1,000 students when the proposed vocational training centre becomes a reality.

The centre will offer courses in advanced computer applications, animation and seven other areas.

The motto of setting up such a centre is making the educated youths employable in both private and public sectors and helping the private companies do away with in-house training for the newly joined employees in soft skills and other technical skills.

NMAMIT principal Niranjan N Chiplunkar said that the new centre would come up on five acres of land at a cost of about Rs 4 crore.

"The centre is coming up under the state government sponsored scheme Suvarna Kayaka Koushalyabhivridhi Yojane. According to the scheme the government will give Rs 800 per candidate as the fee. The courses will commence in October," he added.

The duration of the courses will be between six months and one year. Vice-principal I R Mithanthaya said that the college would provide free accommodation to the students. "This is the first such vocational training centre in the undivided Dakshina Kannada district," he added.

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Nanthoor college to offer course in Vedic heritage and culture

Shree Bharathi College at Nanthoor will offer a six-month diploma course in Vedic heritage and culture from Saturday.

Principal of the college G.N. Bhat told The Hindu that the course was not offered by any university. It would be offered with an objective of imparting knowledge for all.

The 130-hour instruction course would end on January 31, 2013.

Mr. Bhat said that those who had passed SSLC could take up the course without any upper age limit. Classes would be held on Saturdays from 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. and Sundays from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. The medium of instruction would be Kannada.

Mr. Bhat said that the course would have four papers of 100 marks each – Vedic literature, Samskrit literature, chanting of Vedic mantras and Ithihasa and Puranas.

A paper on Vedic literature would have four chapters. It would deal with philosophical principles of Vedas and Upanishads, historical cultural and social aspects of the Rigveda, Yajurveda, Samaveda and the Atharvaveda and 10 major Upanishads. In addition, a candidate could learn science and technology of Vedas, techniques for personality transformations, and the like, he said.

The paper on Sanskrit literature would teach origin and development of Mahakavyas, stotra granthas, lyric and gnomic poems, popular tales, fables and Sankrit dramas. There would be a 40-hour chanting of Vedic mantras during the course. It would cover Shanti Mantra, Bhruguvalli, Purusha Sukta, Medha Sukta, and the like, he said.

The last paper on Ithihasa and Puranas would have introduction to the Ramayana and the Mahabharatha, brief introduction to 18 puranas, structure of skanda purana, concept of dharma, and the like, he said.

Mr. Bhat said that in 1993, when he was associated with a degree college at Kateel, he started a certificate and a diploma course in Veda, Tantra and Aagama for students only.

The college still offered courses recognised by Mangalore University.

In 2003, a degree college at Gandhinagar in the city launched a certificate and diploma course in Veda, Tantra and Aagama. The college wound up the courses for want of students, he said.

He said that during 18{+t}{+h}century, European scholars such as Max Muller and Moriz Winternitz studied Vedic heritage and culture extensively and had written books.

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Learn science the fun way at Sunday science school

MANGALORE: With an aim to provide school children hands-on experience on various science projects, St Agnes College in association with Centre for Advanced Learning (CAL) has organized Sunday Science School for School Children (SSSSC ) on its campus.

Students will be conducting 50 science projects under the guidance of three science teachers and BSc students of St Agnes College on every Sunday for two hours.

The programme got underway on the college campus on August 5. This programme will go on for 25 Sundays.

Students of any school in Dakshina Kannada district can take part in the programme and all the required materials and equipments to perform various science experiments will be provided by the college authorities.

For registration and further details, dial: 9845737120/2249220/2214100.

[Krishnamoorthy K]

Ganesh Prabhu


The Government Polytechnic functions at the building of the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Udupi.

Hostel building has not been handed over because of dues

Lack of basic facilities and inadequate infrastructure have affected the functioning of the Government Polytechnic here.

The polytechnic began functioning in 2008 from the three rooms of the Veterinary Department at Bailoor before being shifted to the Kemthur School next year. It was subsequently shifted to the new building of the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) at Yemabathu Badagabettu.

The polytechnic, which offers diploma in Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Communications (E&C), and Computer Science, had a strength of 413 students last year. The intake this year is still not clear as the process of admission is under way.

Out of 86 sanctioned teaching and non-teaching posts, only 12 had been filled at the polytechnic. Out of 31 sanctioned lecturer posts only six had been filled. The polytechnic is now functioning with the help of 20 part-time lecturers much to the discomfiture of the students.

According to Srinivas Bhat, a final year student pursuing E&C course, lack of classrooms is a big worry. “Many a times, combined classes are held for first year for English and Mathematics. The hydraulics lab has been hardly used,” he said.

Mohammed Saddam, a final year civil engineering student, said there was no hostel facility for the students coming from other districts. Many students were staying as paying guests and in rented rooms, which were in distant places such as Udyavar and Hiriyadka. There was no women’s hostel for the polytechnic.

“Some students have to change three buses from Udupi to reach the polytechnic. To board a direct bus to Udupi from the polytechnic, students have to walk 1.5 km to Manchi,” he said. Registrar of the Polytechnic Lakshmeesha Bhat said that though the women’s hostel had been built at a cost of Rs. 1 crore, it had not been handed over to the polytechnic yet.

The inaugural function was held in February and ever since the facility remained unutilised as the polytechnic owed Rs. 10 lakh to the contractor. Mr. Bhat agreed that there was shortage of classrooms. The foundation stone for the construction of a new building for the polytechnic was laid at Shivally in February. The building was expected to come up in two years at a cost of Rs. 8 crore, he said.

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Pavan M V, TNN | Aug 14, 2012, 06.32AM IST

MANGALORE: The trend of using electronic devices like LCD projectors to conduct classes is catching up in colleges in undivided Dakshina Kannada district. Manipal University (MU) presently has 450 LCD projectors, installed across classrooms and laboratories.

MU director purchase and general services Colonel Badri Narayanan told TOI that in 2001 MU started using LCD projectors but that time they had just one. Later due to an increasing demand from students, classrooms with strength of 100 students were provided LCD projectors. "Now the same facility has been provided to classrooms even with strength of 50 students as LCD projectors help in providing effective teaching," he said.

NMAM Institute of Technology (IT) that had been using 10 LCD projectors to conduct classes installed 15 more LCD projectors in classrooms last year. NMAM IT vice-principal IR Mithanthaya said it helps in avoiding dictation of notes and improves teaching and learning skills, particularly for engineering students as they have to learn about various designs of machines. "Because of the LCD's, teachers do not have to draw figures on boards," he added.

Another city-based Besant Women's college has got an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB), which costs more than lakh rupees. IWB is a large electronic display connected to a computer, where users control it by using pen, stylus or fingers. Beasant Women's College principal Manjula KJ said, "We have been using LCD projectors for the last five years but the specialty of IWB is that internet can be used, which helps the teaching faculty to access videos, pictures and other data related to academics quickly." Marker-boards consume more time to teach as everything has to be written but these electronic devices not only save time but also make learning more interesting for students, she said.

Srinivas Institute of Technology (SIT), which has equipped it classrooms with 44 projectors, plans to install IWBs. SIT principal Shrinivasa Mayya said that these devices also reduce the workload on teachers.

TOI

[Krishnamoorthy K]

ತ್ರಿಶಂಕು ಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಡುಪಿ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಕಾಲೇಜು: 400 ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ 4 ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು!

ವಿಕ ಸುದ್ದಿಲೋಕ | Aug 9, 2012, 07.03PM IST

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ಉಡುಪಿ: ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಕಲಿಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಒಂದು ವಿದ್ಯಾಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ 12 ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರಲ್ಲಿ 10 ಮಂದಿಯನ್ನು ವರ್ಗಾವಣೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಸರಕಾರ ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ ಕುಳಿತುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ನಾಲ್ಕೇ ನಾಲ್ಕು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಪೊಲಿಟೆಕ್ನಿಕ್ ಕಾಲೇಜು ಮಚ್ಚಲು ತಯಾರಿಯೇ ಇದು?

ಇಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲ, ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾಂಶುಪಾಲರೇ ಇಲ್ಲ! ನಾಲ್ವರು ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು(ಇಬ್ಬರು ವರ್ಗ ಬಯಸಿದವರು ಸೇರಿ), ಒಬ್ಬ ಬೋಧಕ, ಇಬ್ಬರು ಮೆಕ್ಯಾನಿಕ್ ಮಾತ್ರ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅಂದರೆ ಅವಶ್ಯವಿರುವ 63 ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳಿವೆ ಕೇವಲ 7 ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಗಳಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಮತ್ತು 23 ಆಡಳಿತಾತ್ಮಕ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಇರಬೇಕಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ, ರಿಜಿಸ್ಟ್ರಾರ್, ಇಬ್ಬರು ಡಿ ಗ್ರೂಪ್ ನೌಕರರು ಮಾತ್ರ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ!

ಇದು ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಪ್ರಗತಿನಗರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಉಡುಪಿ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಪೊಲಿಟೆಕ್ನಿಕ್ ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯದ ಕತೆ. ಇಷ್ಟಾಗಿ, ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೇಮಕ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಳೆದ 7 ತಿಂಗಳಿಂದ ಸಂಬಳವನ್ನೇ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿಲ್ಲ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಮುಂದಿನ ಸೆಮಿಸ್ಟರ್*ಗೆ ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಸಿಗುವುದೂ ಕಷ್ಟ ಅನ್ನುವ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಕತ್ತಲಲ್ಲಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಭವಿಷ್ಯ

ಜನಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರಿಗೆಟಕುವ ಈ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯಕ್ಕೆ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳೇನೋ ವರ್ಷದಿಂದ ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ಜಾಸ್ತಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇದ್ದ ಕಾಯಂ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರನ್ನು ವರ್ಗಾಯಿಸುವುದು, ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದವರಿಗೆ ಸಂಬಳ ನೀಡದೆ ಇರುವುದು ಮಾಡಿದರೆ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಪಾಠ ಮಾಡುವವರು ಯಾರು?

ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ವರ್ಗವಾಗಿರುವ 10 ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರಲ್ಲಿ 8 ಮಂದಿ ಬೇರೆಡೆಗೆ ತೆರಳಿದ್ದರೆ, ಮತ್ತಿಬ್ಬರು ಹೊರಡುವುದರಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರು. ಆದರೆ, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ಕಚೇರಿ ಮುಂದೆ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಬೇಕೆಂದು ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಪರ್ಯಾಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಆಗುವವರೆಗೆ ಅವರಿಬ್ಬರ ವರ್ಗವನ್ನು ಜಿಲ್ಲಾಧಿಕಾರಿ ತಡೆ ಹಿಡಿದಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಮೊದಲೇ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಲ್ಯಾಬ್ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಕೊಠಡಿಗಳು ಬೇಕಾದಷ್ಟಿಲ್ಲ. ವರ್ಷದ ಕೊನೆಗೆ ಮಣಿಪಾಲದ ಎಂಐಟಿ ಲ್ಯಾಬ್*ಗೆ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು. ಒಂದು ತರಗತಿಯವರಿಗೆ ಬೋಧನೆ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ತರಗತಿಯವರು ಹೊರಗೆ ಇರಬೇಕಾದ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಇದೆ. ಸರಕಾರಿ ಪೊಲಿಟೆಕ್ನಿಕ್ ಎಂದು ಬಂದು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ತೊಳಲಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಖಾಲಿ ಖಾಲಿ...

ಕಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್ ಸೈನ್ಸ್, ಮೆಕ್ಯಾನಿಕಲ್, ಎಲೆಕ್ಟ್ರಾನಿಕ್ಸ್ ಆ್ಯಂಡ್ ಕಮ್ಯುನಿಕೇಶನ್, ಸಿವಿಲ್ ಎಂಜಿನಿಯರಿಂಗ್ ಹೀಗೆ ನಾಲ್ಕು ವಿಭಾಗಗಳಿವೆ. ಪ್ರತಿ ವಿಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಲ್ಕರಿಂದ ಆರು ವಿಷಯಗಳಿವೆ. ಒಬ್ಬ ಪ್ರಾಂಶುಪಾಲ, 31 ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು, ಒಬ್ಬ ಸಿಸ್ಟಮ್ ಎನಾಲಿಸ್ಟ್, 4 ಬೋಧಕರು, 5 ಸಹಬೋಧಕರು, 8 ಮೆಕ್ಯಾನಿಕ್, 13 ಸಹಾಯಕರು ಬೇಕು. ಆದರೆ 63 ಮಂದಿ ಬೇಕಾದಲ್ಲಿ 7 ಮಂದಿ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ !

23 ಮಂದಿ ಆಡಳಿತಾತ್ಮಕ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಬೇಕು. ಒಬ್ಬ ರಿಜಿಸ್ಟ್ರಾರ್, ಮೂರು ಕಚೇರಿ ಅಧೀಕ್ಷಕರು, ಒಬ್ಬ ಗ್ರಂಥಪಾಲಕ, ನಾಲ್ಕು ಪ್ರಥಮದರ್ಜೆ ಸಹಾಯಕರು, 5 ದ್ವಿತೀಯ ದರ್ಜೆ ಸಹಾಯಕರು. 7 ಗ್ರೂಪ್ ಡಿ. ನೌಕರರು ಬೇಕು. ಆದರೆ ಮೂವರಷ್ಟೇ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ.

ನಾಲ್ಕೇ ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಇತಿಹಾಸ

2008ರಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ವಿವಿಧೆಡೆ 21 ಪೊಲಿಟೆಕ್ನಿಕ್ ಕಾಲೇಜು ತೆರೆಯಲು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿತ್ತು. ಡಾ.ವಿ.ಎಸ್.ಆಚಾರ್ಯರ ಮುತುವರ್ಜಿಯಿಂದಾಗಿ ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಕಾಲೇಜು ಉಡುಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆರಂಭಗೊಂಡಿತು. ಉಡುಪಿ ಬೈಲೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಪಶುಸಂಗೋಪನಾ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಸೇರಿದ ಕಟ್ಟಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ವರ್ಷ ನಡೆಯಿತು. ಎರಡನೇ ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ದ್ವಿಗುಣಗೊಂಡಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಜಾಗ ಸಾಕಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿಂದ 5 ಕಿಲೋಮೀಟರ್ ದೂರದ ಕೆಮ್ತೂರು ಸಮೀಪದ ಕೊರಂಗ್ರಪಾಡಿ ಹಿರಿಯ ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಶಾಲೆಯ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಕೊಠಡಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆದುಕೊಂಡು ತರಗತಿ ನಡೆಸಲಾಯಿತು.

ಪ್ರಗತಿನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಡಯೆಟ್*ನವರ ಕಟ್ಟಡ 2010ರ ಜನವರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಗೊಂಡಿತಾದರೂ ಡಯೆಟ್*ನವರು ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಜಾಗದ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಪೊಲಿಟೆಕ್ನಿಕ್ ಕಾಲೇಜು ಅದೇ ವರ್ಷದ ಆಗಸ್ಟ್*ನಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಕಟ್ಟಡಕ್ಕೆ ಸ್ಥಳಾಂತರಗೊಂಡಿತ್ತು.

ತೆರೆಯದ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿ ನಿಲಯ

ಪಾಲಿಟೆಕ್ನಿಕ್*ಗಾಗಿ ಮಣಿಪಾಲ ಅನಂತನಗರದ ಸಿಂಡಿಕೇಟ್ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಹಿಂದುಗಡೆ 5 ಎಕರೆ ಭೂಮಿ ಮೀಸಲಿಡಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಕಟ್ಟಡ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕಾಗಿ 8 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ಅನುದಾನ ದೊರತಿದ್ದು, ಕಟ್ಟಡ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಶಂಕುಸ್ಥಾಪನೆಯೂ ನಡೆದಿದೆ. ಅದರ ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಪೊಲಿಟೆಕ್ನಿಕ್ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿಯರಿಗಾಗಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿ ವಸತಿ ನಿಲಯ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಸರಕಾರದ ಮಾನವ ಸಂಪನ್ಮೂಲ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಸಚಿವಾಲಯದ (ಎಂಎಚ್*ಆರ್*ಡಿ) ನೇರ ಅನುದಾನ 1 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಈ ವಸತಿ ನಿಲಯ ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಗೊಂಡು ಆರು ತಿಂಗಳು ಕಳೆದು ಹೋಗಿದೆ. ಲೋಕೋಪಯೋಗಿ ಸಚಿವ ಸಿ.ಎಂ.ಉದಾಸಿ, ಉನ್ನತ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಚಿವರಾಗಿದ್ದ ಡಾ.ವಿ.ಎಸ್.ಆಚಾರ್ಯರ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದ ಫೆ.12ರಂದು ಉದ್ಘಾಟನೆಗೊಂಡಿದೆಯಾದರೂ ಈವರೆಗೆ ಕಾಲೇಜಿಗೆ ಹಸ್ತಾಂತರ ಆಗಿಲ್ಲ. ಅನುದಾನದಲ್ಲಿ 10 ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂ. ಬರಲು ಬಾಕಿ ಇರುವುದು ಒಂದು ಕಾರಣವಾದರೆ, ಅಡುಗೆ ಸಾಮಗ್ರಿ, ಪೀಠೋಪಕರಣಗಳು, ಫ್ಯಾನ್, ಲೈಟ್*ಗಳು ಇನ್ನೂ ಅಳವಡಿಕೆ ಆಗದೇ ಇರುವುದು ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಉಡುಪಿ, ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ, ಉತ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡ, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ, ದಾವಣಗೆರೆ ಮತ್ತಿತರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳಿಂದ ಬರುವ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿಯರು ಎಲ್ಲೆಲ್ಲೋ ಉಳಿದುಕೊಂಡು ಬರುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ.

ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ, ಸರಕಾರಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕನಿಷ್ಠ ಕಾಳಜಿ ಇದ್ದರೆ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಈ ರೀತಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರ ನೇಮಕ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಆಗಬೇಕು. ಬಡ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ಜತೆ ಚೆಲ್ಲಾಟವಾಡಬಾರದೆಂದು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಪಾಲಕರು ಸರಕಾರವನ್ನು ಆಗ್ರಹಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

* ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಮೈಸೂರು, ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ, ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ ಕಡೆಯವರು ಆಗಿರುವುದರಿಂದ ಅವರು ತಮ್ಮ ಊರಿಗೆ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಆಗುವಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ವರ್ಗಾವಣೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಯಾರೂ ಬಂದಿಲ್ಲ. ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಇಲಾಖೆ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದಾಗ, ಕೂಡಲೇ ಕೌನ್ಸೆಲಿಂಗ್ ನಡೆಯಲಿದೆ. ಇನ್ನು 15 ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಬರಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಭರವಸೆ ನೀಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ - ದೀಪಿಕಾ, ಪ್ರಭಾರ ಪ್ರಾಂಶುಪಾಲೆ

* ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಇಲ್ಲದೆ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳಿಗೆ ತೊಂದರೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ಮತ್ತಿತರ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರಾದರೂ ಬರಬಹುದು. ಆದರೆ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಗಳ ನೇಮ ಆಗುವುದೇ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರ ಜತೆಗೆ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಕೂಡ ನೇಮಕ ಮಾಡಬೇಕು. ತಾತ್ಕಾಲಿಕ ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಾಕಿ ಇರುವ ವೇತನ ನೀಡಬೇಕು - ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮೀಶ ಭಟ್ಕಳ, ಕಚೇರಿ ರಿಜಿಸ್ಟ್ರಾರ್

* ನಮಗೆ ಹಾಸ್ಟೆಲ್ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಉಡುಪಿ, ಮಣಿಪಾಲ ಮತ್ತಿತರ ಕಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪೆಯಿಂಗ್*ಗೆಸ್ಟ್ ಆಗಿ, ಕೆಲವರು ಕುಕ್ಕಿಕಟ್ಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ವಸತಿ ನಿಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತು ಬರುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕಷ್ಟಪಟ್ಟು ಬಂದರೂ ನಮಗೇನು ಬೇಜಾರಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ ಹಾಗೆ ಬಂದರೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಪಾಠವೇ ಇಲ್ಲದಾಗ ಬೇಜಾರಾಗುತ್ತದೆ - ಚೈತ್ರಾ, ಸುಪ್ರಿತಾ, ಶೈಲಜಾ, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿಯರು

* ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಇಲ್ಲ. ಒಂದು ವೇಳೆ ಎಲ್ಲ ಉಪನ್ಯಾಸಕರು ಬಂದ್ರೆ ಪಾಠ ಕೇಳಲು ಕೊಠಡಿಗಳು ಬೇಕಾದಷ್ಟಿಲ್ಲ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಲಾಬ್ ಇಲ್ಲ. ವರ್ಷದ ಕೊನೇಗೆ ಎಂಐಟಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಬೇಕು. ಥಿಯರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಾಕ್ಟಿಕಲ್ ಒಟ್ಟಿಗಾದರೆ ತೊಂದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಈಗ ಥಿಯರಿ, ಕೊನೇಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಕ್ಟಿಕಲ್ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಲಿಂಕ್ ಸಿಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಕಾಲೇಜಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಸರಿ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಕ್ಯಾಂಟೀನ್ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಒಂದು ಬಸ್ ತಪ್ಪಿದರೆ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಬಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಮುಕ್ಕಾಲು ಗಂಟೆ ಕಾಯಬೇಕು. ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ 2.5 ಕಿಲೋಮೀಟರ್ ನಡೆಯಬೇಕು - ಶಿವಾನಂದ, ಶಕಿಬ್, ವಿಶ್ವಗುರು ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ, ಅಕ್ಷಯ್, ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು

Vijaya Karnataka

[Krishnamoorthy K]

Pavan M V, TNN | Aug 27, 2012, 05.09AM IST

MANIPAL: Manipal University is all set to launch a website that will provide attendance, fees and other details of over 20,000 students studying on its camps.

The facility mainly caters to students who come from other states and countries. Each student and their parents will be given a username and password to log on to the website. Parents can visit the website to know activities and academic progress of their wards on the campus.

MU network administrator Sathish Kamath told TOI that website would be launched within a month.

"Earlier, the varsity used to mail students' attendance and other details to parents. The new website will give more visibility about their activities in institutions to parents. Details of hostel fees paid and dues, and internal and external marks obtained in exams will also be available on the website," he added.

"It is a good move by MU. Parents who stay away from their wards will always be worried about their children. The website will ease their tension. Some students get distracted in Manipal which may lead to lying to their parents and poor performance in exams," said Vinayak Prabhu, an MSc in media and communication student.

Abhishek, a third year electronics and communication engineering student, said that the new website might create problems to students, who are not attending classes properly. "But it gives parents a secured feeling as they can keep an eye on their children and their activities at any point of time," he added.

TOI

[Krishnamoorthy K]

Stanley Pinto, TNN | Aug 26, 2012, 01.47PM IST

MANGALORE: The Green College, Bearys Institute of Technology now has a Green council. The IGBC (Indian Green Building Council), Student Chapter was launched by Chandrashekar Hariharan, Vice Chairman, IGBC - Bangalore Chapter and Chairperson, Biodiversity Conservation India, which is first of its kind in an Engineering college in this region, on Saturday.

The vision of the council is to usher a green building movement in India and facilitate India to become one of the global leaders in green buildings. A green building is one which uses less energy, water and natural resources, creates less waste and is healthier for the people living inside compared to a standard building.

Syed Mohammed Beary, Chairman,IGBC - Bangalore Chapter and also the Chairman of BIT, said: A great amount of thought, planning and design has gone into the making of BIT's campus. The campus adheres to norms and guidelines of Green Building Architecture.''

TOI

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Manipal University ties up with Irish college

Manipal University (MU) will offer a master’s programme in pharmaceutical sciences in association with Hibernia College, Dublin, Ireland, from October 2012.

“The programme will be the first of its kind in the country to provide an understanding of drug development process from the initial discovery through research and development to the regulatory approval process and commercialisation,” said MU chief coordinator, Dr N Udupa.

The programme will enable students to design and manage projects, critically evaluate data and lead multidisciplinary teams. It will also help students gain valuable business and management expertise required for senior positions in the pharmaceutical industry.

Eighty per cent of the course will be conducted online and the remaining 20% through teacher-student participation. The duration of the course is two years and professors from Hibernia College will be part of both online and in-contact programmes.

The Higher Education Technical Awards Council (Level 9) and International Federation of Associations of Pharmaceutical Physicians have given accreditation to the programme. Students who have completed BPharm, MBBS and BDS with at least 55% marks can enrol for the course. Those who are working in pharmaceutical companies are also eligible.

[mangalore mania]

Varsity teachers to get laptops

Mangalore University will provide high-end laptops to all teachers on its campus within next month, said Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy. The laptops have arrived and are ready for distribution.

About 130 teachers would get laptops, he told The Hindu . The teachers should use the personal computer for research and academic activities, he said. The university had reserved funds for its purchase in its 2011-12 Budget, he said. Prof. Murthy said that the library would soon have 60 computers with internet access.

He said that the university opened a Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe recently after shifting its Department of Kannada to a new building.

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Mangalore varsity now approves admission statements online

Colleges can upload student details on university website
The university creates electronic data bank with details of each undergraduate student
193 colleges affiliated to the university send admission statements online

Mangalore University has switched over to receiving and approving of admission statements of undergraduate students from colleges online from this academic year, said Vice-Chancellor T.C. Shivashankara Murthy. The university had developed a software for the purpose.

Degree colleges would have to send admission statements of first semester undergraduate students to the university online by filling the details in a prescribed format hosted on its websitewww.mangaloreuniversity

.ac.in, he told The Hindu .

Prof. Murthy said the new method had avoided paper work and delay in receiving the admission statements from colleges at the university and in turn colleges receiving the approval statements.

The university had created an electronic data bank of details (with photograph) of each undergraduate student admitted till he passed out of a college by obtaining the convocation certificate. Details would include date of birth, category of merit, marks obtained in pre-university (later at the college), home address, and other aspects. As soon as the university approved the admission of a student it generated a register number for the particular student. The register number would be his or her number to be written in examinations till the student completed the course.

He said that all the 193 colleges affiliated to the university had sent their admission statements online after the last date for admission of undergraduate students (by colleges) for the first semester was over on August 14. Initially, July 13 was the last date for admitting students. Later, it was extended up to August 14 to accommodate those students who had passed the supplementary examinations of the pre-university courses, he said.

Prof. Murthy said the university had approved the admission statements of about half of the colleges. Of the affiliated colleges, 120 were private colleges, 33 were government-aided private colleges, 33 were government colleges, five were autonomous colleges, and two were constituent colleges of the university.

The colleges would have to scan the documents such as marks card, transfer certificate, eligibility certificate, migration certificate, proof for date of birth, and upload them with the admission statement. The software had a provision for verifying the admission statements in different stages by its officials such as Case Worker, Superintendent, Assistant Registrar, and finally the Deputy Registrar.

P.S. Yadapadithaya, Registrar (Administration), said the colleges would be asked to upload the internal assessment marks of students of first, third, and fifth semesters online and send hard copies of the same. “This time we will follow the dual system. For the next second, fourth, and sixth semester examinations to be held in May 2013, we will ask the colleges to upload the internal assessment marks online and discard the system of sending hard copies,” he said.

[hakindian1984]

[mangalore mania]

Mangalore University to improve physical, knowledge infrastructure

MANGALORE, AUG. 31:
Mangalore University is improving its physical and knowledge infrastructure, according to its Vice-Chancellor, T.C. Shivashankara Murthy.

Addressing presspersons here on Friday, he said the Department of Science and Technology has sanctioned a grant of Rs 9 crore for the development of science infrastructure in the campus.

Of that amount, Rs 3 crore has been released. With this, the university will buy hi-tech equipment related to research infrastructure in the next three months.

ONLINE ADMISSIONS

To avoid paper work related to the admission of students in colleges under its jurisdiction, the university has implemented online system from this academic year.

He said colleges imparting under-graduate courses will have to submit admission statements of first semester students online. For this, the colleges will have to fill the details in a prescribed format on the university’s Web site.

Apart from avoiding paper work, this method would help in the speedy approval of admission process of students, he said.

The university has approved the admission process of nearly 80 colleges till now. It has around 190 colleges under its jurisdiction.

In the next phase, the university will ask the colleges to send the details of internal assessments of students online. Such a system would help the university announce results faster, Shivashankara Murthy said.

All the teaching staff in the university above the grade of assistant professors will get hi-end laptop computers, he said.

The university will be celebrating its foundation day on September 10. On that day, Ramananda Shetty, former Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, will deliver the foundation day lecture, he added.

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Varsity to set up centre for science research

‘Panel has approved purchase of equipment worth Rs. 3 crore’

Mangalore University will set up a centre for research in science with funds from the Union Department of Science and Technology and from its own fund, according to Vice-Chancellor T C Shivashankara Murthy.

Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Prof. Murthy said the Department of Science and Technology had sanctioned Rs. 9 crore to the university considering its achievement in research in various branches of science. Of the sanctioned amount, Rs. 3 crore has already been released.

The purchase committee of the university a few days ago had approved procurement of science equipment worth Rs. 3 crore. Now the university would seek the approval of the Syndicate, in its meeting next month, for purchasing the equipment, he said.

Prof. Murthy said the building in which the Department of Kannada had been housed would be upgraded and converted into a centre for research in science. The university would spend about Rs. 70 lakh for renovating the building. The Vice-Chancellor said there were about 40 researchers in the university who did not have the support of any fellowship or grant. The university has decided to provide such candidates a fellowship of Rs. 8,000 per month for one year. If they required further financial support the fellowship would be extended to the second and even up to the third year.

Thus the university would support the researchers by providing infrastructural, financial and knowledge support, he said.

Laptops

The Vice-Chancellor said the university would distribute high-end laptops to about 145 postgraduate teachers on September 10 which was the Foundation Day of the 32-year-old university. The cost of each laptop is Rs. 46,000. S. Ramananda Shetty, Vice-Chancellor, Nitte University and former Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences would deliver the Foundation Day lecture.

He said the university had set up the Kannada Adhyayana Samsthe a few days ago. P. S. Yadapadithaya, Registrar (administration) was present.

[Krishnamoorthy K]

Mangalore University to improve physical, knowledge infrastructure

Mangalore, Aug. 31:

Mangalore University is improving its physical and knowledge infrastructure, according to its Vice-Chancellor, T.C. Shivashankara Murthy.

Addressing presspersons here on Friday, he said the Department of Science and Technology has sanctioned a grant of Rs 9 crore for the development of science infrastructure in the campus.

Of that amount, Rs 3 crore has been released. With this, the university will buy hi-tech equipment related to research infrastructure in the next three months.

Online admissions

To avoid paper work related to the admission of students in colleges under its jurisdiction, the university has implemented online system from this academic year.

He said colleges imparting under-graduate courses will have to submit admission statements of first semester students online. For this, the colleges will have to fill the details in a prescribed format on the university’s Web site.

Apart from avoiding paper work, this method would help in the speedy approval of admission process of students, he said.

The university has approved the admission process of nearly 80 colleges till now. It has around 190 colleges under its jurisdiction.

In the next phase, the university will ask the colleges to send the details of internal assessments of students online. Such a system would help the university announce results faster, Shivashankara Murthy said.

All the teaching staff in the university above the grade of assistant professors will get hi-end laptop computers, he said.

The university will be celebrating its foundation day on September 10. On that day, Ramananda Shetty, former Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, will deliver the foundation day lecture, he added.

vinayak.aj@thehindu.co.in

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Mangalore: Padua Edu Inst Goes Hi-tech with New Digital Teaching Systems

Mangalore, Sep 10: "Catholic institutions have made commendable contributions to society," said MLA Abhayachandra Jain. He spoke during the inauguration of digital teaching systems (smart class) including computer lab, E-library and genset at Padua Educational Institutions campus here on Monday September 10.

MLA Jain also the spoke on the importance of Catholic institutions in the upbringing of the society. He lauded the efforts made by various Catholic institutions in taking education to new heights.

He also congratulated the Padua institution for the progress achieved since its inception and asked the students to make optimum use of the opportunities provided by the institution.

Fr Wilson D’Souza, secretary of Catholic board of education, Rohan Monteiro, chairman, Rohan Corporation, Hemacharya, editor of Daijiworld Weekly, E P Jose, trustee of the Aubrey D’Souza Foundation, Vasudev Kamath, senior delivery manager of Infosys, Fr Antony Serrao, correspondent of Padua Educational Institution were the main guests.

Rohan Monteiro congratulated the institution for taking up this new venture of digital classes. "I am sure this will help in the all round development of the student as it has lot of potentiality," he added.

Hemacharya congratulated the students for being the beneficiaries of this new opportunity. He appealed to the students to make best use of the facility provided without being prey to wrong things. He also asked students to believe in themselves and to follow the examples set by leaders while taking decisions.

The programme was presided over by Fr Wilson D’Souza who blessed the new digital teaching system, computer lab, E-library and genset.

Rohan Monteiro inaugurated the genset while Abhayachandra Jain inaugurated smart class and EP Jose along with Vasudev Kamath inaugurated the computer lab.

Fr Antony Serrao welcomed the gathering, Roshan compered and Fr Michael Santhumayor delivered the vote of thanks.

Francis D’Souza, Alice Noronha, Lavina John, Sr Olivia among others were present.

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Varsity teachers get laptops

Postgraduate teachers on the Mangalore University campus were elated on Monday as the university gave them high-end laptops.

S. Ramananda Shetty, Vice-Chancellor of Nitte University and former Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, gave away the laptops at the foundation day function. Dr. Shetty distributed laptops symbolically to chairpersons of various departments.

T.C. Shivashankara Murthy, Vice-Chancellor of Mangalore University, said that other teachers could collect the laptops from the Department of Computer Science.

Prof. Murthy said that now the university had procured 103 laptops for teachers. It would buy 43 more laptops for distributing them among some research scholars, officials and teachers.

He said that the cost of each laptop was Rs. 46,770. It had the latest motherboard, i7 quad core, VGA output. The laptops were wifi-enabled.

Krishna Kumar G, chairman, Department of Applied Botany, and A.M. Khan, chairman, Department of Electronics, told The Hindu that the laptops would help them prepare better for teaching and research activities. As it was portable, it helped in delivering talks in any institution outside

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ಸರಕಾರಿ ಕಾಲೇಜುಗಳಿಗೆ ಮೂಲ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯ: ಸಿ.ಟಿ.ರವಿ

ವಿಕ ಸುದ್ದಿಲೋಕ | Sep 11, 2012, 10.32PM IST

ಸುರತ್ಕಲ್: ಕಾಲೇಜುಗಳಿಗೆ ಅಗತ್ಯ ಮೂಲ ಸೌಕರ್ಯ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿಕೊಡಲು ಸರಕಾರ ಅದ್ಯತೆ ನೀಡಲಿದೆ. ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸರಕಾರಿ ಕಾಲೇಜುಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಟ್ಟಡ, ಪ್ರಯೋಗಶಾಲೆ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ 12 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ.ಗಳನ್ನು ಎರಡು ದಿನಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆ ಗೊಳಿಸಿರುದಾಗಿ ಉನ್ನತ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಚಿವ ಹಾಗೂ ದ.ಕ. ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ಸಚಿವ ಸಿ.ಟಿ. ರವಿ ಹೇಳಿದರು.

ಹಳೆಯಂಗಡಿ ಗ್ರಾಮ ಪಂಚಾಯತಿನಲ್ಲಿ 82 ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂ ವೆಚ್ಚದ ನಾನಾ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರು ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ಉದ್ಘಾಟಿಸಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿ, ಕಳೆದ ಸಾಲಿನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗೆ 26.35 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ವೆಚ್ಚದ ಸುವರ್ಣ ಗ್ರಾಮ ಯೋಜನೆ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಶೇ. 80 ರಷ್ದು ಪೂರ್ಣ ಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಕಳೆದ ಸಾಲಿನಂತೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗೆ 2012-13ರ ಸಾಲಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೂ 33 ಸುವರ್ಣ ಗ್ರಾಮ ಯೋಜನೆ ನೀಡಿ 33.5 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ. ಅನುದಾನ ನೀಡಲಾಗುವುದು ಎಂದರು.

ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಕದಿಕೆ- ಸಸಿಹಿತ್ಲು ನಿವಾಸಿಗಳ ಹಲವು ಕಾಲದ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಯಾಗಿರುವ 5 ಕೋಟಿ ರೂ ವೆಚ್ಚದ ನಂದಿನಿ ಸೇತುವೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ ಸೆ. 17ರಂದು ಟೆಂಡರ್ ನಡೆಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದ್ದು 18 ತಿಂಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಲಿದೆ ಎಂದರು.

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[mangalore mania]

TAPMI teachers win global case contest

Mangalore, Sept. 16:
Two professors from the Manipal-based T.A. Pai Institute of Management (TAPMI) have been selected winner in ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition.

A press release by TAPMI said here that the case study of the professors, Ajith Kumar and A. Sivakumar, titled ‘Primacy: Global design from India?’ has been selected a winner in the innovation management category at the recently conducted ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition 2012.

Case study

This case was about the global design competence centre of an Indian company – Primacy. Primacy Industries Ltd in Mangalore exports scented designer candles to the US and European markets.

ISB received 220 forms with intent to participate. Of them, 190 entries were selected after the initial screening, the press release said.

Through this competition, ISB-Ivey aspires to reach out to a wide network of Indian and global b-schools with the objective of facilitating the building of a repository of a high-quality, internationally benchmarked cases about Indian businesses, it said.

Cash award

As the winner of the ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition 2012, Ajith Kumar and Sivakumar received an award of $2,000 and a certificate from ISB and Ivey.

The Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Case Development at the Indian School of Business (ISB), in partnership with Richard Ivey School of Business and Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) conducted the ISB-Ivey Global Case Competition 2012.

The event was supported by European Association for Management Development and the AIMS, the release added.

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Dakshina Kannada, which in some sense is an educational village, can be made an absolute educational hub, said Oscar Fernandes, Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee for Human Resources here on Saturday.

Speaking at an interaction event held at the Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) office on “Education policy”, Mr. Fernandes said land and capital were needed to make educational institutions in the district among the top in the world.

He further said that the Centre believed that the country needs 1,500 more universities to make up for the shortfalls in higher education. “The enrolment in Higher Education is just 13.4 per cent. Distance education and use of technology can increase the percentage,” he said.

Mr. Fernandes said it was worth pondering why none of the Indian universities could make it to a list of top 100 universities in the world. “The students here are gifted, talented, and yet, why is there no university at the top? There is a gap to be filled, and I believe it is research. There is not enough being spent on basic research. There is also not much being done to attract foreign students,” he said.

LEGISLATION

However, he expressed confidence that bills regarding education which would be tabled before the Parliament soon would correct the disparities and imbalances in the system.

The Education Tribunal Bill would set up State- and National-level grievance mechanism system for students and teachers; the Copyright Bill to strengthen intellectual property rights; prohibition of unfair practices to curtail the menace of capitation fees plaguing the admission process in private colleges and universities; Foreign Education Institution Regulatory Bill to regulate the entry of foreign universities into the country; National Accreditation Regulatory Authority that would make accreditation compulsory and thereby increase “competition” among colleges; National Academic Repository Bill that would set up a website wherein students can download their authentic certificates for a fee; Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth and Development; bills for technical education wherein, those in the unskilled sector can be certified through an examination; apart from an overarching bill to govern higher education, he said.

MEMORANDUM

A memorandum submitted to Mr. Fernandes by the KCCI President Mohammad Ameen urged the Union Government to set up a knowledge village in the district, setting up of more universities, greater autonomy to autonomous colleges affiliated to a university, exemption of service tax for educational institutions under construction. Apart from these, KCCI also asked him, in his capacity as a Rajya Sabha MP, to expedite expansion of National Highway between Sakleshpur and Gundiya, air cargo complex at Mangalore Airport and construction of fishing harbour at Kulai, Hosabettu on the outskirts of the city.

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How to make DK an educational hub? What is central government role and what is state goverment role? Whether anybody has come up with any plan for for making DK an educational hub?

We have heard of PCPIR, ITIR, NMIZ, SIR, AIR, etc. What about Educational Investment Region - EIR?